Scripps National News: Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits (March 4, 2021) In this broadcast news segment, Senior Staff Attorney Kate Lang “Pandemic Creates Challenges for People Applying for SSI Benefits”
Category: Social Security
America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most
Center for Health Journalism: America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most (February 22, 2021) Thousands of poor Americans and those with “America’s Disability Lifelines are Badly Eroded When we Need Them Most”
Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement
Tampa Bay Times: Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement (December 22, 2020) During the pandemic workers 55 and “Tampa Bay’s Older Workers Among Those Struggling to Stay Afloat, Save for Retirement”
Free Webinar: Post-Election Implications for Older Adults
This webinar took place on Tuesday, November 17, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET. There was much at stake for older adults in the election, particularly “Free Webinar: Post-Election Implications for Older Adults”
Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers
KJZZ: Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers (October 30, 2020) COVID-19 has exposed the role ageism plays in our society. And “Adults 55 and Older Face Higher Unemployment Rates Than Mid-Career Workers”
A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail
Wired: A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail, August, 24, 2020 In June, the United States Postal Service (USPS) made “A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail”
Justice in Aging Opposes the President’s Efforts to Undermine the Social Security System
Last weekend President Trump issued, among other actions, a memorandum deferring employee payroll taxes from August through the end of 2020, denying Social Security billions “Justice in Aging Opposes the President’s Efforts to Undermine the Social Security System”
Medicare Applications Raise Anxiety for Seniors in Pandemic
Associated Press: Medicare Applications Raise Anxiety for Seniors in Pandemic, (April 29, 2020) This article discusses how difficult it is for seniors to apply for “Medicare Applications Raise Anxiety for Seniors in Pandemic”
Free Webcast: Obtaining Economic Impact Payments for Low-Income Clients
This webcast took place on Friday, April 24, 11:00 a.m. PT/2:00 p.m. ET. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government is distributing economic impact “Free Webcast: Obtaining Economic Impact Payments for Low-Income Clients”
Americans with Million Dollar Salaries Stop Paying Into Social Security Before March While Everyone Else Continues
Newsweek: Americans with Million Dollar Salaries Stop Paying Into Social Security Before March While Everyone Else Continues (February 19, 2020) Social Security, which provides retirement, “Americans with Million Dollar Salaries Stop Paying Into Social Security Before March While Everyone Else Continues”
